[Cerebrovascular accident presenting as continuous partial epilepsy (author's transl)].
Epileptic seizures due to cerebrovascular accidents are relative rare and only very exceptionally occur in the form of Kojewnikoff's continuous partial epilepsy. A 75-year-old man developed myoclonic spasms, limited to the face, following a left posterior cerebral ischaemic accident. The authors discuss the relationship between epilepsy and cerebrovascular accidents, and differentiate post-ischaemic epilepsy of deferred onset from epilepsy occurring simultaneously with a vascular accident, the latter sometimes presenting as fits. The relationship between myoclonic spasms and Kojewnikoff's continuous partial epilepsy are also discussed.
D000368:Aged; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
Epilepsie partielle continue révélatrice d'un ramollissement cérébral.